Last night Jack Black hosted the 21st annual Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards live from UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion in front of 10,000 screaming fans–almost all of them teens and preteens.

I haven’t watched the awards since I was a kid, but from what I heard, I didn’t miss too much. Jack Black wasn’t so funny (the hosts rarely are since it’s all so pre-scripted) and the performances by Naked Brothers and Miley Cyrus apparently left much to be desired; which isn’t too surprising because they always sing the cheeziest songs about school and friends. Some teeny-boppers really have no talent.

Here’s a little re-cap:

Akon crashed a dune buggy into giant containers of Nickelodeon’s trademark green slime; Usher blasted a sumo wrestler several yards with slime fired from a cannon; and supermodel Heidi Klum, attached to a bungee cord and wearing a specially equipped “butt spike belt,” flung herself into a wall covered with slime-filled balloons.

Cameron Diaz injected one serious moment into the 90 minute show when she accepted a silver blimp as this year’s ‘Wannabe Award’ winner, representing the person kids most want to be like. After a montage of clips from both her movies and her efforts on behalf of environmentalism was shown, she encouraged the crowd to do their part to protect the planet.

“You’re going to change the world. Every one of you kids is the future,” she told the audience. “Everybody go out and make the world a better place.”

Diaz, who was the first ever Kids’ Choice Awards burping contest winner, has long said that was the favorite of all her awards. She said this one has now trumped it.

Jason Lee accepted the favorite movie award for “Alvin and the Chipmunks” and said it was one of his biggest thrills.

“I’m going to hang this from the ceiling because it’s the greatest award anyone could receive because it was voted on by the kids,” he said as he held his blimp.

Jack Black, announced that 88 million votes were cast this year, more than twice last year’s record number of 40 million.

The show concluded with Black and Orlando Bloom sitting in chairs high above the audience being drenched with what Black claimed was 27 million gallons of green slime.

You can check out all the fabulous sliming action at www.nick.com

 

Here are the nominees and the winners:

Favorite TV Show:

Drake & Josh (Winner)

Hannah Montana

iCarly

The Suite Life of Zack and Cody

*Were you also surprised that Hannah Montana did not win?

Favorite Reality T.V. Show:

American Idol (Winner)

America’s Next Top Model

Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?

Deal or No Deal?

Favorite T.V. Actor:

Drake Bell (Winner)

Josh Peck

Dylan Sprouse

Cole Sprouse

Favorite T.V. Actress:

Miley Cyrus (Winner)

Raven Symone

Emma Roberts

Jamie Lynn Spears

Favorite Cartoon:

Avatar: The Last Air Bender (Winner)

Ed, Edd and Eddy

SpongeBob Square Pants

The Simpsons

Favorite Movie:

Alvin and the Chipmunks (Winner)

Are We Done Yet?

Pirate of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Transformers

Favorite Movie Actress:

Jessica Alba (Winner)

Drew Barrymore

Kristen Dunst

Keira Knightley

Favorite Animated Movie:

Ratatouille (Winner)

Bee Movie

Shrek the Third

The Simpsons Movie

Favorite Voice From An Animated Movie:

Eddie Murphy (Winner)

Cameron Diaz

Mike Myers

Jerry Seinfeld

Favorite Music Group:

Jonas Brothers (Winner)

Boys Like Girls

Fall Out Boy

Linkin Park

Favorite Male Singer:

Chris Brown (Winner)

Bow Wow

Soulja Boy

Justin Timberlake

*If I am not mistaken I could have sworn that Bow Wow and Soulja Boy are rappers.

Favorite Female Singer:

Miley Cyrus (Winner)

Alicia Keys

Fergie

Beyonce

Favorite Song:

Girlfriend (Avril Lavinge) (Winner)

Don’t Matter (Akon)

Beautiful Girls (Sean Kingston)

Big Girls Don’t Cry (Fergie)

Favorite Male Athlete:

Tony Hawk (Winner)

Shaquille O’Neal

Alex Rodriguez

Tiger Woods

Favorite Female Athlete:

Danica Patrick (Winner)

Cheryl Ford

Serena Williams

Venus Williams

Favorite Book:

Harry Potter Series (Winner)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

How to Eat Fried Worms

Favorite Video Game:

Madden NFL ‘08 (Winner)

High School Musical: Sing It!

Guitar Hero III

Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party

Favorite Movie Actor:

Johnny Depp (Winner)

Ice Cube

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

Eddie Murphy